tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post3094558453148659448..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Did the Besht visit the palace of Moshiach? Lord, Liar, or Lunatic?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-20154602191177138212010-06-08T11:48:22.135-04:002010-06-08T11:48:22.135-04:00The Louis Jacobs dismisal of the possibility that ...The Louis Jacobs dismisal of the possibility that there was a psychoactive substance in the lulke of the Besht is notably without any explanation or any gesture of "proof." I'm curious what the meat and potatoes of his argument is, if there is any.<br /><br />Yaffa Eliach famously raised the Besht-Lulke-as-Reefer possibility in an essay as early as the 1970's, but still, very little research has been done on the point. Some scholars have suggested that someone learn Turkish, and look up the tax records, do determine what was getting circulated into Eastern Europe at the time.<br /><br />@E-man: Authenticity is proven from taste. Does Chasidic Minhag and Halacha resonate as authentic? That's really all it takes. When has halacha and minhag ever been static? for how long?Yoseph Leibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17227560249316099799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-61075914451264459062010-05-17T21:10:28.871-04:002010-05-17T21:10:28.871-04:00I don't see how you disagreed with anything R&...I don't see how you disagreed with anything R' Maryles wrote.Baruch Peltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178212221463356386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-59304451777878724402010-05-17T15:50:07.661-04:002010-05-17T15:50:07.661-04:00If chassidus changed the halacha and minhagim of t...If chassidus changed the halacha and minhagim of traditional judaism of the time, how could it be authentic?E-Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327848648278849664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-21801899838755813222010-05-17T15:29:48.754-04:002010-05-17T15:29:48.754-04:00As we can see with the technique employed by the b...As we can see with the technique employed by the beis yosef re: Maagid Mesharim (Meditating and binding oneself with the words in a verse of Mishna, by reciting it like a mantra for an extended period of time, eliciting a trance state, a state in which the imagination roams freely, while being bonded on high to Hashem's Will.) A mind purified of klipos, will automatically have a reverie depicting spiritual reality. The degree of purity dictates the degree of accuracy/truth in visions.IlaN-achhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380544914245483123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-85418277037067572782010-05-17T15:14:52.941-04:002010-05-17T15:14:52.941-04:00The imaginative faculty is purified through Torah....The imaginative faculty is purified through Torah. How 'real' one's visions are (how closely his imagination is inline with real spiritual phenomena) is determined by how pure and bonded the mind is with Hashem and his Will (Torah).IlaN-achhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08380544914245483123noreply@blogger.com